peterayer
Responses from peterayer
| SME V arm: dynamic VTF or straight weight Alex,Thank you for that suggestion. It makes sense. | |
| SME V arm: dynamic VTF or straight weight Hi Albert,That is interesting. When I loosen the set-screws at the base of the arm, I can tilt the cylindrical arm post slightly to the left or right. I had thought this was a way to adjust azimuth before tightening the screws again. Then a read a... | |
| SME V arm: dynamic VTF or straight weight Raul and Daniel,Thank you very much for your comments and thoughtful advice. Raul, I did try loading the PC-1 with 100 ohms just like my old Sumiko Celebration, but something was missing. With the help of a friend, I went up to roughly 120, 140, 2... | |
| SME V arm: dynamic VTF or straight weight Daniel and Raul,Regarding your advice about damping: I have not used damping on my SME V since I got the Air Tight PC-1. In fact I removed the damping trough and cleaned out any silicone residue. I used the resonance calculator and my cartridge/to... | |
| SME V arm: dynamic VTF or straight weight I have just completed a careful comparison of dynamic VTF versus static VTF on my SME V with Air Tight PC-1 cartridge.I can notice a very subtle difference in my system. I hear more micro details, better sense of air and room sounds with dynamic V... | |
| Does it make sense to go for Pass 0.2 ? I have upgraded many Pass amps and preamps. Sonic rewards can be had with either upgrade path. Having said that, you should be able to find a used or demo XP-10 preamp for less than the price of a used XO.2, and I've read that it is better. My XP-... | |
| SME V arm: dynamic VTF or straight weight I have read that the spring is damped so it should not vibrate much anyway. But Jea48 raises an interesting question. I had assumed that the spring would be compressed, not streched out at the 0.0g setting. I wonder which is which. I have set my d... | |
| SME V arm: dynamic VTF or straight weight The other difference between the two SME 12" arms is that the 312S has a detachable headshell for easy cartridge swapping and azimuth adjustment while the V-12 has a fixed headshell for greater rigidity. I don't know if this difference is audible ... | |
| Tracking error distortion audibility Frank,That suggestion to file down ONE cartridge mounting screw at the top is pure elegance. Simple, effective, and no damage to the arm. Why didn't I think of that? There was enough play in my mounting holes to allow me to rotate my cartridge in ... | |
| Will SME-V, etc benefit with non-stock alignment? According to the manufacturer, the Air Tight PC-1 stylus tip to center of mounting hole distance is "9.5mm, +/- 0.5mm." So, within the 1mm margin, that too seems to comply with the standard of 9.52mm. My actual cartridge measured 9.17mm which is t... | |
| Best tonearm for AirTight PC-1 Thanks, Clabe.The Mint is much more accurate than the SME paper protractor. The pin hole for the stylus on my SME protractor was not quite in the center and sighting the arm tube from above to be parallel to the printed lines on the paper as they ... | |
| Sophia II's and Pass Labs etc I have only heard the XA100.5 in the XA.5 line. I have read people refering to a "sweet spot" in the various Pass lines. The Aleph 2 in the Aleph line, the XA 160 in the XA line, the X350.5 in the X.5 line, etc. I read somewhere Nelson Pass or one... | |
| Best tonearm for AirTight PC-1 Clabe,I recently bought an Air Tight PC1. It is mounted on my SME V arm and SME 10 table. After about a hundred hours of break-in, I adjusted three things, each of which improved the bass performance. 1) I re-aligned the cartridge using a MINT Tra... | |
| Tracking error distortion audibility Raul and Dertonarm,Does either of you have an opinion on whether or not the advantages of lower theoretical distortion of a 12" arm outweigh the disadvantages of greater moving mass and potential for slight stylus misalignment being amplified more... | |
| Sophia II's and Pass Labs etc That was a great post, Hce4. I like your very "real world" consideration of price vs. performance. I don't often see comparisons between equipment which include a personal perception of value. You're right that Kent and others at Pass seem to expr... |